Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-13 Thread Ángel González
On 13/06/15 06:36, Walter Landry wrote: Ángel González wrote: On 12/06/15 23:22, Walter Landry wrote: I would strongly disagree here. Requiring documentation of any sort in addition to the source code is a big step. This is not a minor thing. I don't think requiring that some documentation

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:45:54 +0100 Simon McVittie wrote: > On 13/06/15 15:45, Francesco Poli wrote: > > As also noted by Walter Landry, there's a crucial difference w.r.t. > > Apache v2: the latter license requires to preserve attribution notices > > within "NOTICE" files; the AFL v3.0 requires in

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-13 Thread Simon McVittie
On 13/06/15 15:45, Francesco Poli wrote: > As also noted by Walter Landry, there's a crucial difference w.r.t. > Apache v2: the latter license requires to preserve attribution notices > within "NOTICE" files; the AFL v3.0 requires instead to preserve *any* > descriptive text identified as an "Attri

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:41:07 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:48:19PM +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : > > Hello debian-legal regulars, > > I would need to ask your consensus opinion on the non-freeness of the > > Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0. > > Hi Francesco, > > I

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-12 Thread Walter Landry
Ángel González wrote: > On 12/06/15 23:22, Walter Landry wrote: >> Charles Plessy wrote: >>> Here are a few comments about the license. >>> >>> - point 3) is poorly worded, but assuming it is well-intented, it is >>> - Free. >> I would strongly disagree here. Requiring documentation of any s

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-12 Thread Ángel González
On 12/06/15 23:22, Walter Landry wrote: Charles Plessy wrote: Here are a few comments about the license. - point 3) is poorly worded, but assuming it is well-intented, it is Free. I would strongly disagree here. Requiring documentation of any sort in addition to the source code is a big st

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-12 Thread Walter Landry
Charles Plessy wrote: > Here are a few comments about the license. > > - point 3) is poorly worded, but assuming it is well-intented, it is Free. I would strongly disagree here. Requiring documentation of any sort in addition to the source code is a big step. This is not a minor thing. > -

Re: Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:48:19PM +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : > Hello debian-legal regulars, > I would need to ask your consensus opinion on the non-freeness of the > Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0. Hi Francesco, I think that there is a broad consensus to accept the AFL as Free license,

Consensus about the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0

2015-06-10 Thread Francesco Poli
Hello debian-legal regulars, I would need to ask your consensus opinion on the non-freeness of the Academic Free License ("AFL") v3.0. My personal conclusion is that this license includes non-free restrictions and is also problematic with respect to Debian mirror infrastructure. My own analysis [1